The police have identified and interviewed five people over online comments relating to the Nepal-floods" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="195883" data-entity-type="event">Nepal floods and discussions surrounding Singapore-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="45386" data-entity-type="organization">Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) investment in Air India.Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday that the police were looking into “shameful” racist and xenophobic online comments about the Nepal-Tibet disaster and SIA’s investment in Air India.In response to media queries, the police on Wednesday confirmed they received police reports and are investigating certain online comments related to both matters.
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WED · 2026-09-09 · 03:48 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0909-109947
NSR-2026-0909-109947News Report·EN·Social Justice
Singapore police question 5 over racist comments on Nepal floods, Air India investment
Singapore police have interviewed five individuals in connection with online comments made about the Nepal floods and Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India. Senior Minister K Shanmugam described these comments as "shameful" and racist or xenophobic.
CNASouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-09 · 03:48 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Singapore police have interviewed five individuals in connection with online comments made about the Nepal floods and Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India. Senior Minister K Shanmugam described these comments as "shameful" and racist or xenophobic. The police confirmed on Wednesday that they have received reports and are investigating certain online remarks related to both the Nepal disaster and the Air India investment. The investigation is ongoing.
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Police received police reports concerning the online comments.
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Senior Minister K Shanmugam described the online comments as 'shameful' and racist/xenophobic.
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Five people have been identified and interviewed by police over these comments.
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Singapore police are investigating online comments related to Nepal floods and Air India investment.
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